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miércoles, 19 de noviembre de 2014

KING ARTHUR. 3RD SECTION.

1. READ KING ARTHUR STORY AND CREATE A PICTURE ENCICLOPEDIA WITH ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY, aAND THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES.
eX MERLIN he is the wizard who...............

2. IN YOUR NOTEBOOK WRITE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY .

The legends of King Arthur belong to the oral tradition.They were put in writing by Geoffrey of Monmouth in1136. In the Middle Ages, French writers like Chrétiende Troyes also wrote about them. In 1470, Sir ThomasMalory wrote a long book in English called The Death ofArthur.

Summary

King Arthur and his knights are Britain’s greatestlegendary figures.

Although the legend of king Arthur is developed in the middle age period (norman) it is the story of a British king who fights Anglosaxons

Chapter 1: With the help of Merlin’s magic, King Uthermarries the beautiful Igraine on condition that Uther giveshim their firstborn. When Arthur is born, Merlin hideshim. On Uther’s death, civil war breaks out. One dayyoung Arthur travels to London, with his step father, SirEctor, and Arthur pulls a sword out of a stone. The stonehas words on it: ONLY THE KING CAN TAKE THESWORD FROM THE STONE, so Arthur becomes thenext king.Chapter 2: Arthur quickly gathers around him thebravest and best knights in the kingdom and marriesGuinevere, the most beautiful woman in Britain. Merlinmakes a round table for the knights at Camelot, the mostimportant city in Britain.Chapter 3: Arthur comes across Queen Annoure’s castleon a journey. Annoure wants him to marry her. As Arthurescapes, she orders Sir Pellinore to kill him. Unaware thathe is fighting Arthur, Pellinore wounds him lightly butthen realises who he is. Since Arthur’s sword breaks in thefight, Merlin takes Arthur to the Lady of the Lake, whohands Arthur a magic sword called Excalibur.Chapter 4: Morgan le Fay hates Arthur and tricks himand one of his knights into a fight in which neither knowsthe other’s identity. This time Arthur is severely woundedand goes to a nunnery to be healed. Morgan follows him,steals his magic scabbard and throws it into a lake.Chapter 5: Lady Vivien wants to be the greatest magicianin the world and tricks Merlin into getting into a cave hecannot get out of. Legend says Merlin is still trapped inthis cave.Chapter 6: When Sir Meligrance kidnaps Guinevere, SirLancelot rescues her. Meligrance is forgiven by Guineverebut he locks Lancelot into a room and tells Arthur thatGuinevere has run away with him because she loves him.When Lancelot escapes, he kills Meligrance for being aliar.Chapter 7: Tristram gets poisoned in his fight against theKing of Ireland’s son and travels to Ireland to get cured.Without knowing Tristram is his son’s murderer, the kingasks him to teach his daughter, Isolt, to play the harp.Tristram and Isolt fall in love but Isolt has to marry KingMark, Tristram’s uncle, and Tristram becomes a Knight ofthe Round Table. When Sir Tristram learns Isolt has beenkidnapped, he fights Sir Palamides, her captor, and takesher to King Mark who suspects Tristram and Isolt arein love and kills Tristram. Isolt dies of sadness and KingMark is killed by one of Arthur’s knights.Chapter 8: An old man sits Galahad, Sir Lancelot’s son,at the only vacant place on the Round Table, reserved forthe best knight. Once dubbed a knight, Galahad takes along journey in search of the Grail which, according to anapparition, is in the country. As many knights accompanyhim, the brotherhood of the Round Table is practicallydissolved. They finally find the Grail on a ship at seawhich takes them to a city. In the city, the old man makesGalahad king and foretells the latter’s imminent death.When the other knights return, Arthur can sense the endof the Round Table is near.Chapter 9: In Arthur’s absence, Sir Mordred attempts tokidnap Guinevere. Arthur returns and one of Mordred’smen kills Sir Gawain, Arthur’s knight. In Arthur’s sleep,the dead Gawain advises him to wait for Sir Lancelot’shelp. The fight against Mordred’s men starts by accident.As many knights die, an enraged Arthur kills Mordred andgets a deadly wound. Arthur asks Sir Bedivere to throwExcalibur into the lake. When Bedivere finally does so, theLady of the Lake takes it. Arthur’s last wish is to be takento the lake. A boat with five ladies in black is waiting forhim. Before leaving, Arthur promises to return wheneverhis country needs him and asks Bedivere to tell his story.